Police claim Cannizzo led one of the mob's principal money-laundering rings in Sicily, where the testimony of some mob turncoats have led to a series of arrests of reputed crime family bosses.
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"' The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 "'( c . 29 ) ( POCA ) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provides for the confiscation or civil recovery of the proceeds from crime and contains the principal money laundering legislation in the UK.
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"Our view is that intervention is more effective when it is least expected, when it is used in the context of supportive monetary or other economic policy actions within the G-7 and when it conveys a strong signal of a common approach among the principal money authorities, " he said.